Comic Title: Batman #443
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1990
On Sale Date: November 28, 1989 Shipping Date November 28, 1989
Source: Previews, #9

Shipping Date November 28, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #173

Shipping Date November 30, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #11

Copyright Date November 28, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 48
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "The Coming of Crimesmith"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Jim Aparo
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Caped Crusader Vol. 2 TPB (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #611; next appearance in Batman #444)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2; next appearance in Batman #445)
• Tim Drake (last appearance in New Titans #65; next appearance in Batman #444)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #610; next appearance in Batman #444)
• Lucius Fox (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Batman #444)

Villain(s)

• Crimesmith (Jeffrey Fraser; first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Batman #444)
• Reese and Camby (crooks; no further appearances)
• Eddie (a crook; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Raya (Fraser's assistant; next appearance in Batman #444)
• Montgomery Marr and his gang (Teddy named; Marr dies in this story; next appearance in Batman #444)
• A gang of muggers (Weasel and Stosh named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Two joggers and their son (Frank named; no further appearances)
• Lucius's wife (no further appearances)
• Dilley (a cop; no further appearances)
• Ellie (a secretary; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Batman #444.

A pre-Crisis version of the Crimesmith appeared in World's Finest Comics #68.

Synopsis:
A criminal mastermind has been training criminals and planning their robberies. Batman interrupts one of the gangs in action. He catches two of the crooks, but the third escapes. Batman follows the third, Montgomery Marr, who has received new instructions. Monte and a new gang pull another job, which the Batman stops. When Monte tells Batman that the mastermind is called the Crimesmith, he bursts into flame and dies.